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Those signing up have added their voices to the thousands of others who have supported a different petition demanding the same outcome.

Thomas Hoare, one of the students backing the petition, said: “I’ve been helped by the walk-in before and can attest that it’s a very useful resource. Everyone that works there tried their best to help, and it would be a waste of a valuable asset."

Sophie Pickford, another student who expressed her support, said: “I know people who have needed to use the clinic often and the people there have been so helpful to them, especially when it’s so hard to get an appointment with a GP."

President of the SU, Kudzai Muzangaza, also shared the petition on his twitter page.

The appeal, called ‘Don’t walk out on our walk in’, is accompanied by a description that says they are “very disappointed” at the prospect of the closure.

It goes on to say: “As a key service in the city of Lincoln, the walk-in-centre provides care for the student population, alongside relieving pressures on other services in the area.

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“Its closure will have a negative impact on its main and regular service users therefore this petition stands to oppose the CCG's decision to close this service."

The petition comes after a similar one, ‘Save Lincoln’s only walk-in-centre from closure by short-sighted Lincolnshire West CCG’, was launched three days ago.

The initial petition was created by Dean Graham, and currently has 3,765 signatures.

Several students have signed it, including Malika Hunter, who said: “I go to university at the uni of Lincoln, and our doctors on campus is awful, this clinic helps us! And we need the walk in centre!"

The NHS says a review of the service at the centre suggests the majority of users do not need to be there and could be treated elsewhere.

NHS Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning Group has launched a public consultation with patients and stakeholders around replacing services at the centre with extended hours in alternative GP surgeries, an enhanced NHS 111 service and supporting people to self-manage their health conditions.